Re: [tlug] auto-shutdown at certain temp application?

[Micheal E Cooper <mcooper@example.com>]

Godwin Stewart wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 07:47:33 +0900, Micheal E Cooper
> <mcooper@example.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Is it possible that the ACPI could be reading only 50 or 60
>> while the hard disks are dangerously over-heating? 
>>     
> I think it's a non-problem. If your disks are thrashing so much that
> they overheat then you have a more fundamental problem like
> insufficient RAM and/or a badly organised partition table. 
>   
I thought that would be the case, too. With a healthy system, your CPU
should overheat before your disks are over-stressed.
>   
>> One further question is about the temperature for the shutdown: would
>> 75C be the sweet spot, or should it be lower to give consideration to
>> things like disks, other components, etc?
>>     
>
> Depends on many things, not least of which is the processor itself. 
>
> ...<snip>...
>
> IMO, the thing to do is to watch how your CPU behaves in normal use.
> Add a safety margin and call the result your cut-off temperature.
>
>   
I figured there would be no general rule, but I just had to ask.

IT is obsessed with boy/girl-geniuses and young blood, but the
experience of seasoned professionals is invaluable. A best-practices
book written collectively by TLUG regulars would be a treasure-trove,
but the archives do pretty well in that role.

Thank you.

mec